Microbiota identified from preserved Anopheles

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Recurring bacteria identified in Anopheles arabiensis according to preservatives and sex

Bacteria	Silica-preserved	RNAlater^®-preserved	Females	Males
Asaia krungthepensis		x
Cedecea lapagei	x
Cutibacterium acnes		x
Elizabethkingia anophelis¹	x	x	x	x
Enterobacter cloacae		x	x
Microbacterium maritypicum		x
Moraxella osloensis		x
Paracoccus aerius		x
Phyllobacterium myrsinacearum	x
Pseudomonas geniculata	x
Pseudomonas veronii	x
Raoultella ornithinolytica	x
Serratia oryzae²	x	x	x	x
Staphylococcus epidermidis		x		x
Streptococcus thermophilus		x
Yersinia aldovae		x

Recurring bacteria appeared in at least half of all replicates per group. Bacteria indistinguishable by MALDI-TOF MS include ¹E. anophelis, E. meningoseptica, and E. miricola; and ²S. fonticola and S. oryzae

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